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The sea and (mount) Dai were the boundaries of Qing Zhou.
(The territory of) Yu-yi was defined;
and the Wei and Zi were made to keep their (old) channels.
Its soil was whitish and rich.
广 Along the shore of the sea were wide tracts of salt land.
Its fields were the lowest of the first class,
and its contribution of revenue the highest of the second.
Its articles of tribute were salt, fine cloth of dolichos fibre,
productions of the sea of various kinds;
with silk, hemp, lead, pine trees, and strange stones, from the valleys of Dai.
The wild people of Lai were taught tillage and pasturage,
檿 and brought in their baskets the silk from the mountain mulberry tree.
They floated along the Wen,
and so reached the Ji.


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